Investigators are \u00ab\u00a0leaning towards\u00a0\u00bb treating Saturday’s attack on a Greek Orthodox priest in Lyon, France, as a \u00ab\u00a0personal dispute,\u00a0\u00bb according to a source close to the investigation.<\/b>
\nThe incident sparked a major security operation Saturday in Lyon. Local residents and a municipal police patrol reported hearing two shots near the Hellenic Orthodox church in the city’s 7th district, the Lyon prosecutor’s office said in a statement. They saw a person running and later found the wounded priest at the back door of the church, prosecutors said. \u00ab\u00a0It seems that we have a few elements that are making us believe that this is not a terrorist attack,\u00a0\u00bb the source close to the investigation said Sunday. Investigators are \u00ab\u00a0looking into the priest’s personality and relationships.\u00a0\u00bb A man matching the attacker’s description was \u00ab\u00a0taken in for questioning, but the search is still ongoing\u00a0\u00bb for other potential suspects, the source said. The Greek Foreign Ministry issued a statement Saturday condemning the attack \u00ab\u00a0against an Orthodox Priest of Greek origin.\u00a0\u00bb The shooting came only two days after three people were killed in a knife incident at a church in Nice. An investigation into those stabbings is underway but French President Emmanuel Macron has said the country is under attack by \u00ab\u00a0Islamist and terrorist madness.\u00a0\u00bb Following the attack in Nice, France raised its national terror alert guidance to its highest emergency level and up to 4,000 military personnel were being deployed to boost security at schools, churches and other places of worship.<\/p>\n